Claranet



Claranet is a business which provides network, hosting and managed application services in the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands (Benelux), Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil.

History
Charles Nasser founded the ISP in 1996 and by 1999 had 150,000 subscribers.

Claranet has grown its business through a number of acquisitions, including Netscalibur in 2003, via net.works uk in 2004  and in 2005 Amen Group, via net.works Europe and Artful. In 2012 Claranet acquired Star Technology.

The company has annualised revenues of circa £375 million, over 6,500 customers and over 2,200 employees.

In 2017 Claranet acquired French company Oxalide and ITEN Solutions.

On 5 July 2018, Claranet acquired NotSoSecure.